Coil winding machine



Dec. l5, 1936..

c. A. BIELJNG ET AL.

COIL WINDING MACHINE Filed May 3, 1954 4 Sheets-Sheet l .c. AMEL/N@ NVE/WOM' c. ,0R/@HARD A TYT'ORNEV Dec- 15 E936., c. A. BIELING ET A1. 2,064,287

COIL WINDING MACHINE Filed May 5, 1934 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 A TTORNEV C. A. BIELING ET AL.

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Filed May 3, 1934 Ffa? 4 Sheet's-Sheet 5 /NVE/VTORS;

CR/CHARD A 7' TOR/VE Y ec. l5, 1936. CgA, B|EL|NG ET AL 2,()64287 COIL WINDING MACHINE Filed May 3, 1934 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Dec. 15, 1936 UNITED STATES COIL WINDING MACHINE Carl A. Bieling, Elizabeth, N. J., and Charles D. Richard, West New Brighton, N. Y., assignors to Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application May 3, 1934, Serial No. 723.690

13 Claims.

'I'his invention relates to coil winding machines.

In the hand winding of bank wound coils having threel layers for example, two turns of wire are wound adjacent each other in the ordinary manner on a core and the wire deviated from its movement toward the starting end of the core for winding one turn at the intersecting point of the wire previously coiled, after which the direction of the wire is again deviated in opposite direction for winding one turn and again deviated towards the starting end of the core for winding two turns in superposed relation when the wire is again deviated for the winding of three turns in superposed relation, the cycle of operation for the winding oi. the three last turns being continued to the completion of the coil at the other end of the core.

The winding of coils of the bank wound type manually has been found to be an extremely slow and costly operation and the object of this invention is to provide an automatically operating machine for winding such coils which will be simple, ecient in operation, and cheap to manufacture.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a front assembly view showing the supporting bench and a number of operating parts with portions cut away;

Fig.'2 is a left end assembly view showing a number of operating parts with portions cut away;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional View taken on line 5'5 of Fig. 1 enlarged;

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view taken ou line 6 6 of Fig. 1;

Fig.' 7 is a partial view of the machine showing a number of parts in section;

Fig. 8 is an exploded enlarged partial view of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of a magnetic clutch used in this machine shown partly in section;

Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are detailed views;

Fig. 13 is a diagrammatic view of a guide wire movement adjusting mechanism;

Fig. 14 is a developed view of a cam used for operating the guide wire mechanism for winding a predetermined portion of the coil;

Fig. 15 is a developed view of another cam for the winding of the complementary portion of the coil;

Figs. 16A, 16B, 16C and 16D are detailed views of portions of coils obtained by the operation of these cams; and

Fig.' 17 is a view of a completed coil shown partly in section.

As shown in the drawings two upright supline ports I0 and cooperate with slide rest members I2 to form a bench for supporting a head stock assembly I3 and a tail stock I4.

The tail stock I4 which is of ordinary construction is slidably mounted on the. slide rest members I2 and is secured at any point therealong by a nut screw NS.

The head stock I3 is provided with a'spindle or arbor l5 carrying a chuck |6 provided-for securing one end of a mandrel M, the other end of this mandrel being supported by the tail stock |.4 as shown in Fig. 1 and on this mandrel is mounted a core M2 on which the wire W is wound in a manner that will be hereinafter described in detail.

A bracket I8 which is secured to the upright I0 is provided for supporting one end of a shaft I9, the other end of this shaft being journaled in a bearing portion 20 formed with the upright support On upright supports I0 and is journaled a lead screw Il having its ends extending outwardly therefrom for mounting a handwheel HW and clutch MC, Figs. 1 and 9.

A carriage 2| is mounted on lead screw I1 and is moved thereby in a line parallel to the axis of mandrel M through the engagement of this screw with a similarly screw threaded bushing 22 secured in a laterally extending portion of carriage 2| this carriage being actuated intermittently in line parallel with respect to mandrel M by a gearing mechanism under control of the clutch MC as will be hereinafter described in detail.

The carriage 2| is provide with two pairs of downwardly extending lever arms 23-24 and 25-26. The pair of arms 25-26 is provided with bearing portions fitting on the shalt I9 and the pair of arms 23-24 with bearing portions engaging a sleeve 9, concentrically mounted on-shaft I9.

On sleeve 9 between the arms 23-24 is mounted a cam 28 (Figs. 1, 3 and 5) adapted to be moved laterally thereon upon the movement of carriage 2|, but held against rotary movement on this sleeve by a lug 29 engaging a keyway 2`| shown in Figs. 1 and 5 and on shaft |9 between the arms 25-26 is mounted a cam 30, Figs. 1 and 4, adapted to be moved laterally thereon upon the movement of carriage 2|, this cam like cam 28 being held against rotary movement on shaft I9 through the engagement of a lug 3| engaging a keyway 32 as shown in Fig. 4. Cam 30 is provided with a. hub portion 33 provided with diierently spaced keyways 2x2, 31:3, 4x4, and 5x5, defining reference points provided for the setting of a cam 34 mounted thereon according to the number of layers required for the winding of a, particular coil, a nut 35 engaging the screw threaded portion of hub 33 being provided for securing cam 34 in either of these positions, that is, 22:2, 3x3, 4x4, and 5x5 for the winding of a two, three, four and five-layer coil.

The shaft I9 and the cam 30 operated thereby are actuated through a gearing mechanism including the bevel gears 36 and 31 (Fig. 1), the shaft 38 and the bevel gears 39 and 40, the worm gear 4| keyed to the head stock arbor I5 and the worm screw 42 carried by the armature shaft of motor 43, the speed ratio of this gear train being of the order of 15 to 1, that is, fifteen turns of mandrel M for one turn of cam 30.

'I'he sleeve 9 and the cam 28 operated thereby are actuated by a gearing mechanism including the gears 44 and 45, the latter being securely mounted on the hub of a sprocket wheel 46, the chain 41, the sprocket wheel 48 and one of the gears 49, 50, 5| and 52, respectively, engaging with the selectively driving gears 49g, 50g, 5|y and 52y, the gear 53, the intermediate gear 54 and the gear 55 formed integrally with the arbor I5 of the head stock I3. As shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the sprocket wheel 48 and the gears 49, 50, 5| and 52 are keyed on a sleeve 56 rotatably mounted o'n the arbor I5 and on this sleeve is securely mounted a ring 51 of insulating material having embedded therein a conducting ring 58 formed integrally with a segmental portion 59 of progressively varying width. The ring 58 and the segmental portion 59 are engaged by respective brushes 60 and 6| mounted on a stud 62 with brush 6| laterally adjustable on stud 62 with respect to the segmental portion 59 such adjustment being indicated by a scale 63 defining movement of the carriage 2| according to a range of Wire sizes which may be used for the winding of a particular coil, as will be hereinafter described in detail.

The gear 53 is formed integrally with a hollow rotatable shaft 64, Figs. 1, 7 and 12, journaled at both ends in head stock |3 and on this shaft is mounted for independent rotating movement thereon the gears 491/, 50g, 5|y and 52g which may be selectively locked with shaft 64 by a key 69 carried by an axially movable or gear selecting rod 10 and extending through a slot 1| in the wall of hollow shaft 64 in engagement with keyways in the bearing surfaces of gears 49g, 50g, 5Iy and 52y as shown and a latchingplate 12 which is pivotally mounted on the head stock I3 selectively engages annular grooves F2, F3, F4 and F5 in rod 10 for holding it and the pin 69 carried thereby in selected position with respect to gears 49g, 501;, 5|y and 52g depending uponl the number of layers of the coil to be wound on the core M2, that is, two, three, four and five layers, the speed ratio of cam 28-and the commutator CM thus formed with respect to arbor I5 and therefore the coil core M2 being as follows:

(1) Gear 5211 engaged with gear 52, 5 to 1 used for the winding of a five-layer coil;

(2) Gear 5|y engaged with gear 5I, 4 to 1 used for the winding of a four-layer coil;

(3) Gear 50g engaged with gear 50, 3 to 1 used for the winding of a three-layer coil; and

(4) Gear 491/ engaged with gear 49, 2 to 1 used for the winding of a two-layer coil.

On one end of lead screw I1 there is mounted for normally free movement thereon a gear '65 shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 9 which is driven by gear 55 of arbor I5 through gears 54 and 53. Gear 65 carries a steel ring 13 which may be attracted by an armature-shaped disc 'I4 upon the energization of an electromagnet 15 mounted securely on the reduced end portion of lead screw I1. Disc 14, however, is prevented from relative angular movement with respect to gear 65 -by .a number of laterally extending pins or studs such as 16, loosely fitting in registering holes 11 in the gear 65 and on the drum-shaped portion of armature disc 14 is insulatingly mounted a pair of slip rings 8| and 82 to which the ends of the wire of magnet 15 are connected, the rings 8| and 82 being engaged by respective brushes 83 and 84 forming part of the operating circuit of magnet 15.

The energization of magnet 15 through a circuit that will be hereinafter described in detail but which includes the segmental portion 59 of commutator CM above mentioned is effective to attract the ring '13 for rendering the movement of gear 65 effective for operating the lead screw I1 and thereby causing the intermittent movement of carriage 2|, the movement of the carriage being thus a function of, (l) the width of segmental portion 59 at its point of contact with the brush 6|, 2) the angular velocityy of gear 65, and (3) the pitch of lead screw I1 so combined as to obtain a linear distance or each step of the carriage to correspond with an intermediate size of wire W.

The energizing circuit of magnet 15 is as follows: from the plus sign of a current supply, the wires |03 and |04, the brush 84, the slip ring 82, the winding of coil 15, the slip ring 8|, the brush 83, the wire |08, the brush 60, the slip ring 58, the segmental portion 59 when in engaged relation with the brush 6|, the wire |09, the contacts |0| and |02 when bridged by the contact piece |00 carried by lever 9'9, the lwires ||0 and III to the negative side of the current source.

In the lower end portions of arms 23 and 26 of carriage 2| there is mounted a laterally slidable bar 85 which is held in place therein by plates and 9| in turn secured to these arms by screws such as 92 and 93. Bar 85 carries a plunger 81 manually movable in engageable relation with the cam 30 and held in engaged relation therewith against the resistance of a retracting spring (not shown) by a latching plate 66 mounted in a guiding portion of bar 85 as shown in Fig. 1. This plate is adapted to be moved downwardly against the resistance of a spring |63 by a lever member 61 carried by a shaft 96, which is journaled in arms 23 and 26 of carriage 2|. Arms 23 and 24 of this carriage extend downwardly in a V formation for receiving a shoulder screw 68 provided for\pivotally mounting a lever` member |28 shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and in an enlarged view in Fig. 5. On the free end of this lever is mounted a plunger 86 which is axially movable in engaged relation with the cam 28 through the operation of a lever member 95 secured on shaft 96. This plunger is locked in its engaged relation with the cam 28 by a latching lever 88 which engages a slot S (Fig. 1l) in the periphery of the plunger under the tension of a spring |25 and a handle |26 is provided for manually releasing this plunger at the end of each winding operation, the retracting movement of plunger 86 being effected automatically by a spring |33.

The movement of shaft 96 and thereby the engagement of plunger 86 with the cam 28 and the simultaneous release of plunger 81 by the plate 66 is effected by the operation of cam 34 engaging a roller 21 at the end of lever arm 81 securely mounted on the shaft 9B. The lever |28 is operativelyiconnected to the bar 85 by a rod |44 shown in Figs. 1 and 5 and diagrammatically in Fig. 13. This bar is provided at one end with a pivot in the form of a knob'l29, having a threaded portion for engaging any one of a plurality of similarly threaded holes 2, 3, 4 and 5 in lever |28. The other end of rod |44 is provided with a slot |30 having a number of notches 2x, 3x, 4.1: and 5x for selectively receiving the securing portion of a stud |3I shown in Figs. 1 and 10 which is clamped to the rod between its knob |32 and its disc portion DP (Fig. 10), the rod |44 having a. bearing portion bp tting the pivot portion of stud I3| in order to permit the relative angular movement be-4 tween the bar 85 and the rod I 44.

In the slot |30 the notches 2x, 33:, 4.1: and 5a: represent corresponding connecting positions to holes 2, 3, 4 and 5 in lever member |28 to which the rod I 44 is pivoted at its ends in order to secure the proper spaced relation between the plungers 86 and 81 at certain points on the cams 28 and 30 and to obtain the proper amplitude of the bar 85 and thereby of a wire guiding member I5 for the winding of a two, three, four or five-layer coil, as will be hereinafter described in detail.

On carriage 2| there is mounted a vertically movable slide rest II2 shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4

and 6 having a laterally extending spindle I I3 for mounting a hub member |I4. This hub member is provided with parallel sides fitting the parallel sides of a, slot |23 in the yoke-shaped wire guiding member I I 5, and a nut screw |24 is provided for securing the yoke I5 on the hub I I4 within the length of the slot |23 while permitting the free pivotal movement of the hub |I4 and therefore of wire guiding member |I5 on the spindle |I3, the slide rest ||2 and the spindle I I3 carried thereby being moved in a vertical adjusting position through the operation of a handwheel II6, the miter gears II1 and II8 and the screw |I9 shown in Fig. 3 threadedly engaging a nut screw |20 carried by the slide rest II2.

The slide rest II2 is provided with a pointer I2I which cooperates with a scale |22 for readily indicating the adjustment of pivot II3 in order to obtain the proper angular movement of wire guiding member I I5 with respect to the size of wire used for the coil, the wire guiding member |I5 being held against vertical movement upon the adjustment of spindle II3 by a latching lever |42 engaging a slot I 43.

The wire guiding member |I5 is connected at its lower end to the bar 85 by a, pin |40 engaging the slot |4| so that upon the engagement of'plunger 81 with the cam 30 or plunger 86 with the cam 28 the movement of these cams is imparted to the wire guiding member |I5 through the bar 85. v

As shown in Fig. 14 the cam 30 for convenience in the understanding of the invention is divided into fteen equal parts each representing an angular distance of twenty-four degrees and since the speed ratio of core M2 to cam 30 as above described is of the order of 15 to 1, each twentyfour degree angular movement of cam 30 is equivalent to one turn of core M2 as indicated by the numerals 1 to 3 in triangle I5HI, 1 to 6 in triangle I5H2, 1 to 10 in triangle ISI-I3 and 1 to 15 in triangle I5H4, the latter being the equivalent of a complete turn of cam 30. The variations in the angular movements of the wire guiding member I|5 when actuated by cam 30 and as represented by the angles A, A1, A2, and Aq in Figs. 16A, 16B, 16C and 16D is effected by the lateral deviations in the path of this cam from the zero or starting position ST to the point 3W, 6W, IOW and |5W, respectively. According to the above it is to be noted that (l) the movement of the wire guiding member |I5 for the winding of the initial or first three turns of atwo-layer coil is -imparted by the portion of cam 30 included from zero or starting point ST to the mark 3W; (2) for a three-layer coil from zero to the mark 6W; (3) for a fourlayer coil from zero to IOW; and (4) for a fivelayer coil from zero to I5W, that is, three hundred and sixty degrees or a complete turn of cam 30.

The points 3W, 6W, IOW, I5W of cam 30 are the positions wherein for a two, three, four and ve-layer coil, the plunger 81 is disengaged from thiscam bythe downward movement of plate' 66 through the operation of arm 61 itself under control of cam 34 whichis set as the case may be on the marks 2, 3, 4 and 5 printed on cam 30 as shown in Fig. 4 prior to the winding operation and therefore represent positions corresponding to the number of layers compris ing a particular coil that is, two, three, four and ve layers.

As above described the disengagement of plunger 81 from cam 30 is effected simultaneously with the engagement of plunger 86 with the cam 28 at a point STI of this cam.

The space relation of plungers 86 and 81 with respect to the point STI of cam 28, Fig. 15 and the points 3W, 6W, |0W and 5W of cam 30 shown in Fig. 14 is effected by engaging one of the notches 23:, 3.1:, 4:1: and 5.1: of bar |44 shown in Figs. 1 and 13 with the stud I3| carried by the bar 85.

The movement of cam 28 upon the engagement of plunger 86 with this cam is eiective to impart a swinging movement to the wire guiding member II5 an angular distance corresponding to half the base of triangle I5HI, I5H2, I 5H3 and I5H4, such variations being indicated` by a in Fig. 16A, b in Fig. 16B, c in Fig. 16C and d in Fig. 16D, but since the amplitude of the path of cam 28 is made to correspond to the distance d for a five-layer coil and for a medium sized wire w when the pivot II3 of wire guiding member I|5 is in the position indicated in Fig. 1, the amplitude required or corresponding to the angles a, b, c and d in Figs. 16A, 16B, 16C and 16D, above mentioned is obtained by engaging the pivot'l29 in the screw threaded holes 2, 3,

4 and 5 of this lever which positions correspond as above specified to the number of layers comprising the coil.

Upon each turn of cam 28 and therefore of the commutator CM, the magnetic clutch MC is operated as above described for moving the carriage 2| towards the other'end of the core M2, in a step-by-step movement of an amplitude corresponding to the size of wire W as dened by the position of brush 6| on the segmental portion 58 and a handwheel HW secured to the end of lead screw I1 is provided for manually returning the carriage 2| in its starting position at the left end of the core M2 at the completion of each winding operation, but it is to be noted that the segmental portion 59 of commutator CM is so related to the cam 28 as to cause the operation of the magnetic clutch MC and the carriage 2| controlled thereby during the passing of that portion of the cam 28 limited by the points STI and ST2 for a purpose that will be hereinafter described in detail.

On the carriage 2| is mounted a vertically extending support I5| shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 for pivotally mounting in the end thereof a bearing |52. This bearing, i-n turn, is provided for pivotally mounting a Wire holding finger |53, this finger being pressed against the side of the wire pile-up as shown in Fig. l by a spring |54 which tends to move the bearing portion |52 in a horizontal plane and a spring |55 which tends to rotate the wire holding member in a vertical plane, thus permitting this wire holding member to adjust itself automatically with respect to the configuration of the side of the wire pileup during the winding operation of thevcoil.

In a typical example of winding operation for a three-layer coil, for example, one end of the wire W to be wound on the core M2 is hooked in any ordinary manner to a pin |65 and wound one turn on the core M2 manually preparatory to the winding operation.

The cam 34 is adjusted on the cam 30 in the position indicated in Fig. 4, that is, with its l effective portion in registry with the numeral 3 or one hundred and forty-four degrees from the starting point ST of cam 30. The machine is rotated as by the movement of handwheel |10 on the armature shaft of motor 34 as to place the starting point ST of cam 30 shown in Fig. 14 in registry with plunger 81 and this plunger is manually engaged with this cam: and retained in such engagement by the plate 66 under the tension of spring |63, Plunger 86 carried by lever |28 is at this time disengaged from cam 28. 'Ihe knob |29 is engaged with the hole 3 of lever |28 as to operate the bar 85 and the wire guiding member I|5 an angular distance corresponding to angle b, Fig. 16B when cam 28 is rendered effective upon the engagement of plunger 86 therewith. Pivot |3| is then engaged with the notch 3:1: of bar |44 as to obtain the proper space relation between the plungers 86 and 81 with respect to the distance between the point STI of cam 28 and the point 6W of cam 30 in Figs. 13, 14 and 15. In the adjusted position of cam 34, roller |21 carried by arm 91 rests on the periphery or noneffective portion of this cam and therefore the contact piece |00, Fig. 4, carried by arm 99 on shaft 96 does not bridge the contacts and |02 and the circuit for the magnetic clutch MC is not closed at this point.

The gear selecting rod 10 is moved axially for engaging the pin 69, Fig. '1, with the gear 5011, thus locking this gear with the shaft 64 for driving the gear 50 and thereby the commutator CM and cam 28. The speed ratio of commutator CM and therefore of the cam 28 with respect to the arbor I with respect to the coil bore` M2 is, as above described, of the order of 3 to 1, that is, three turns of the core M2 for one turn of the cam 28. Upon the adjustment of rod 10, the latching lever 12, Figs. 1, 'I and 12, is moved in engaged relation with the annular groove F3 in rod 10 for holding it in its adjusted position with respect to gear 50g.

The brush 6| is moved laterally on the bar 62 ln registry with the mark on the scale 63 indieating the size of the wire used for the winding of the coil, but it is to be noted that the passing of the segmental portion 59 in contact with the brush 84 is so timed as to occur in sequence with the operation of wire guiding member ||5 when acted vupon by that portion of cam -28 limited by the points STI and ST2. Upon the setting of the starting point ST of cam` 30 in registry with plunger 81, the wire guiding member ||5 through its engagement with the bar 85 is positioned in juxtaposition with the wire No. I of triangle |5H2 shown in Figs.v 1, 14 and 161g for the winding of this first turn of the C01 Upon the starting of the machineA through the closure of the motor circuit through the operation of an ordinary switching device (not shown), the core M2 is rotated and the `Wire guiding member ||5 is moved in a uniform motion from the starting point ST of cam 30 to the point 2 of this cam, that is forty-eight degrees from its starting position, thus winding turns and 2. The direction of movement of wire guiding member ||5 is then deviated from positions 2 to 3W for winding turns No. 3 at the intersecting point of turns 2 and 3 when the direction of guiding member and therefore the wire W is deviated for winding the turn No. 4 when the movement of wire W is again deviated for winding turns 5 and 6, thus reaching the point 6W of this cam, that is, one hundred and forty-four degrees from its starting point ST, when that portion of coil represented by the triangle |5H2 is completed. The effective surface of cam 34, Fig. 4, which has been set one hundred and forty-four degrees from the starting point ST of cam 30 now engages roller |21 for imparting a small angular movement to shaft 96 and thereby engaging the plunger 86 with the cam 28 at its starting point STI and simultaneously releasing the plunger 81 from cam 30 through the engagement of lever 61 with the plate |63.'

The turning movement of shaft 96 is also effective to move the arm 99 in position for engaging the contact piece |00 carried thereby with contacts |0| and |02, for closing the energizing circuit of magnetic clutch MC at this point, such energization being timed to occur upon the movement of cam 28 from its starting position STI to point ST2, and this movement of cam 28 occurring upon the passing of segment 59 in contact with the brush 6| for energizing the magnetic clutch MC.

The combined movement of cam 28 and the carriage 2| upon the operation of the magnetic clutch MC is effective to operate the wire guiding member ||5 through its engagement with this bar 85 an angular distance corresponding to angle b, Fig. 16B, that is, to move this member from the turn No. 6 to turn No. 4 while the movement of the carriage under control of the magnetic clutch is moved, as above described, a distance equal to the size of the wire used, thus placing this wire in position for winding wire turn No. 1, plunger 86 at this cycle of operation is at the point ST2 of cam 28. The con- .tinued movement of cam 28 from the point ST2 to point STI due to its 3 to 1 speed ratio with respect to core M2 is effective to move the wire guiding member ||5 for the winding of turns 8 and 9 when the positions STI and ST2 reverse the movement of the wire guiding member ||5 and the magnetic clutch energizes in the 1 circuit above described for operating the screw I1 and thereby the carriage 2| a distance corresponding to the diameter of wire W, this sequence of operation being continued to the com-l pletion of the coil at the other end of the core when plunger 8E is disengaged from cam 28 by the manual operation of handle y| 26 and the latching lever 88 actuated thereby, this plunger automatically returning to its normal position under the tension of spring |33 shown in Fig. 5.

'Ihe amplitude of movement of wire guiding member H with respect to its operating bar 85 for the winding of different size Wires is effected by adjusting the pivot ||3 with respect to the scale |22 through the movement of the slide rest H2 as above described. Similarly, the linear movement of carriage 2| for the winding of different size wires is eilected by adjusting the brush 6| on the segmental portion 59, such adjustment being indicated by the scale 63 shown in Figs. 1, '7, and 8.

It is understood that this machine is not limited to the winding of a two, three, four and velayer coil since the length of the path of cam 30 could be increased for the winding of coils having any desired number of layers and that additional sets of gears such as 49, 49y, etc., could be embodied in the machine for thedriving of cam 28 together with the other adjustments such as the setting of bar |44 and providing 'a greater number of setting positions for the cam 34. These and other minor changes, such as the substitution of certain of the mechanisms above described by equivalent combination of parts, could be Vmade in this machine Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A machine for winding bank wound coils comprising a core` means for rotating the core, a lead screw, a carriage movable in a line parallel to the core and actuated. by said screw, a gearing mechanism and a magnetically operable clutching device for controlling the operation of said screw, a yoke pivotally mounted on said carriage and having means for engaging the wire and a plurality of independently operable camming devices for imparting a series of non-uniform reverting movements to said yoke in timed relation with respect to the movement of said carriage for guiding the wire on the core.

2. In a machine for winding bank wound coils, a core, means for rotating said core, a yoke for guiding the wire on said core, a cam for operating said yoke for Winding a portion of the coil on said core, another cam for operating said yoke for winding the complementary portion of the coil on said core and a plurality of selective gear mechanisms for actuating the last mentioned cam according to the number of superposed layers to be Wound on said core.

3. In a machine for winding bank wound coils, a core, means for rotating said core, a Wire guiding member, a carriage for supporting said member, a cam operable for operating said member for winding a portion of the coil on said core, another cam and electromagnetic means associated with said cam operable for imparting diierent movements to said member for winding the complementary portion of the coil on said core.

4. A machine for winding bank wound coils, a core, means for rotating the core, a yoke for guiding the wire on said core, a carriage for suppoting said yoke, electromagnetic means for operating said carriage, a circuit for energizing said means,means operable in conjunction with said carriage for actuating said yoke in a plurality of diierentl movements for winding the creasing amplitude for Winding a portion of said coil with a triangular formation on said core, another cam normally ineiective with respect to said guiding member, a lever actuated by the last mentioned cam and connected to said bar, means defining a lever mechanism automatically operable for rendering the second mentioned cam effective with respect to said guiding member and simultaneously rendering the rst mentioned cam ineffective with respect to said bar and means magnetically operable in conjunction with the second mentioned cam for imparting movements of different characters to said guiding member for Winding the complementary portion of the coil on said core.

6. In a coil winding machine, a core, means for rotating said core for winding the Wire thereon, a normally stationary carriage, means pivotally mounted on said carriage for guidingv the Wire on said core, a plurality of independently movable cams, the movement of one of said cams actuating said pivoted member for Winding a portion of the coil with a triangular formation, a lever mechanism for rendering the movement of said cam ine'ective with respect to said pivoted member and simultaneously rendering the movement of the other cam effective with respect to said member, and means operable upon the operation of said mechanism and cooperating with the last-mentioned cam for winding the complementary portion of the coil on said core in a plurality of superposed turns adjacent one side of the first-mentioned portion.

7. In a machine for winding bank wound coils, a core, means for rotating said core, a yoke for guiding the wire on said core, a plurality of means for operating said yoke, said means comprising a pair of independently operated cams, a bar connected at one end to said yoke and actuated by the movement of said cams independently, a plunger carried by ing one" of said cams for moving said yoke for/iI winding a portion of the coil, another cam, a/ shaft operable through the movement of the other cam for disengaging said plunger from said cam for rendering it ineiective with respect to said bar and a plunger actuated by the movement of said shaft to render the other cam eiective with respect to said bar for winding the complementary portion of the coil on said core.

8. In a machine for winding bank wound coils, a core, means for actuating said core, a member for guiding the wire on said core, a carriage for supporting said member, means for actuating said member, said means comprising a bar mounted on said carriage and connected to said member, a cam, a plunger carried by said bar and movable for engaging said cam for actuating said bar to cause the operation of said guiding member for winding a portion of the coil on said core, another cam, a lever pivoted on said car.- riage, a plunger carried by said lever normally disengaged from the last mentioned cam, another bar operatively connecting said lever to the rst mentioned bar, a rotatable lead screw said bar for engag-,/

for moving said carriage in line parallel to said core, a gearing mechanism normally ineffective with respect to vsaid lead screw, a magnetic clutch device for rendering said gearing mechanism effective, a normally open energizing circuit for said device, a plurality of contacts operable for closing said circuit to rendersaid mechanism effective for actuating said lead screw in conjunction with the movement of the last men- *ioned cam for operating said guiding member in a plurality of movements of diierent characters for moving said guiding member for winding the complementary portion of the coil on said core.

9. In a machine for winding bank wound coils, a core, means for actuating said core, a wire guiding member, a carriage for mounting said member, a normally ineffective mechanism for operating said carriage in line parallel to said core, a pair of cams, a plurality of normally ineffective gear mechanisms for independently actuating one of said cams, means manually operable to render the other of said cams effective with respect to said member for winding a portion of the coil on said core, and means automatically operating to render said effective cam ineffective and to render the other cam effective, an electromagnetic means operating in conjunction with the last mentioned cam for moving said carriage for changing the position of said member upon each turn of the last mentioned cam for winding a complementary portion of the coilon said core.

10. In a machine for Winding bank wound coils, a core, means for rotating said core, a, member for guiding the wire on said core, a carriage movable in a line parallel to said core and for pivotally mounting said member, a lead screw for moving said carriage, a plurality of cams operable for imparting oscillatory movement of different characters to said member, a normally ineffective lgear mechanism for actuating said screw and means operable upon the movement of one of said cams to render said mechanism effective for actuating said screw for moving the carriage in timed relation with respect to the other cam for imparting a series of movements to said member for guiding the wire on said core.

11. A machine for winding bank wound coils,

comprising a frame structure, a, head stock having a. driving spindle and a tail stock for rotatably receiving the core, a lead screw rotatably mounted on said frame, a normally ineiective gearing mechanism for rotating said screw, a carriage movable in a line parallel to said core through the movement of said screw, a member for guiding the wire mounted on said carriage, a shaft geared to said spindle, a cam actuated by said shaft, a hollow shaft concentrically mounted on said shaft, a plurality of selective gearv mechanisms operatively connecting said spindle to said hollow shaft, a cam operated through the movement of said hollow shaft, each of said cams imparting different movements to said wire guiding member and means to render the rst mentioned gear mechanism eiective with respect to said screw for moving said carriage in timed relation with respect to the last mentioned cam for Winding the wire on said core.

12. In a machine for winding bank wound coils, a core, means for actuating said core, a wire guiding member, a plurality of mechanisms actuated by said means for moving said member in a pivotal movement for winding a portion of the coil in a triangular formation and in a com- ,bined pivotal and rectilinear movement for winding superposed turns parallelly and in a number of turns equal to one side of the triangular portion to form the complemental portion of the coil.

13. In a coil Winding machine, a core, means for rotating said core, a wire guiding member, a cam for actuating said member for guiding the wire on said core for Winding a portion of the coil in a triangular formation, another cam, and electromagnetic means cooperating with the last-mentioned cam for imparting series vof different movements to said guiding member preceding the movement of the first-mentioned cam for winding the complemental portion of the coil in a number of successive turns in superposed relation and adjacent one side of the rstmentioned portion.

CARL A. BIELING. CHARLES D. RICHARD. 

